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- Kicking "But" - by Consider the difference between these two sentences:
“I want to create and present a workshop, but I’ve never done it before.?
“I want to create and present a workshop, and I’ve never done it before.?
Can just one little word make a difference in the way you feel and whether you move ...
Views: 599 - 7 Proven Ways to Turbo Charge Your Job Search in Half the Time - by Looking for a new job or contract can be tricky when you’re already in one but need to monitor the job sites and answer the phone during business hours. In fact it’s a real catch-22 that the best time to look and receive calls is during the day when the boss is looking over your ...
Views: 541 - Career Training for Older Women - by Submitted on Jun 21, 2007 from Susan WestCareers for older women are available. Women have come a long way in the workplace, yet there are still some unique challenges that older women face as they embark on a career change and look for new career training. Women between the ages of 45 and 60 may have difficulty pursuing new career ...
Views: 1057 - The Top 10 Ways to Manage Your Career - by Submitted on Jun 20, 2007 from Art EyzaguirreMany people in the last decade have experienced either a layoff or termination in their lives or the lives of somebody they know. While many of these people affected have experienced outplacement-consulting services, some have not and they may be in for a rude awakening….corporations no longer ...
Views: 619 - Scholarships And Fellowships - by Introduction - No service is as deserving As providing Scholarships to the deserving
Lack of financial resources need not prevent a student from achieving academic goals. Apart from bank loans, a whole range of scholarships is available at different levels. Our new series takes a bird's eye ...
Views: 483 - Scholarships and Fellowships - by Introduction - No service is as deserving As providing Scholarships to the deserving
Lack of financial resources need not prevent a student from achieving academic goals. Apart from bank loans, a whole range of scholarships is available at different levels. Our new series takes a bird's eye ...
Views: 492 - Choosing Your Career Isn’t a Life Sentence! - by Submitted on Jun 19, 2007 from Mary Gormandy WhiteChoosing a career is one of the most important things that you can do. You are going to spend a large portion of your waking hours engaged in the pursuit of an income, so you may as well choose a career that you love. I learned a lot about life and work from my father, from whom I inherited ...
Views: 1272 - Images Around the World - by Submitted on Jun 19, 2007 from Bill TranthamImages Around The World by: Bill Trantham I was one of those dragged kicking and screaming into the computer age. I don't adapt well to change. Up until a few short years ago, I considered "high tech" to be moving from eight track to cassette and still believed that being a "geek" was a bad ...
Views: 604 - Authentic Success: Your Way - by A More Effective Way
I own a stack of self improvement books ten feet tall. Achievement seminars I've attended number in the dozens. I had been trying to improve myself since the second grade when Mrs. H. burst my young bubble. Although I went on to fourteen more years as a star pupil, I never ...
Views: 738 - Bungy Jump to Internet Success - by Thin air and the occasional wisp of water vapor from the majestic Victoria Falls fills the 111-meter gap that separates the swirling waters of the Zambezi and the steel-girded bridge spanning the river.
A similarly tenuous and invisible medium, vision and determination, bridges the gap ...
Views: 787 - To Be An Effective Leader, Do A Check-up From The Neck Up - by Before we can effectively lead anyone, we must take an introspective view of ourselves. We must do a check-up from the neck up. We must be certain that the thoughts and attitudes we hold are in alignment with the role we perform.
Check Your Vision
As a leader you need to have vision of what ...
Views: 657 - What’s Wrong With You, Why Don’t You Understand Me? - by Recently while waiting for our lunch to be served in a nearby restaurant, my husband Michael and I were discussing our son’s upcoming science fair project. Michael was describing the steps that my son should follow to complete the assignment. While Michael was going through this elaborate ...
Views: 6970 - The Real Truth About CVs, Resumes and Job Interviews - by 1. The Secrets of Interview Success
By Gerard McLoughlin
As a candidate you should be able to express yourself with clarity and precision. To do this you must make adequate preparation, anticipating likely questions and rehearsing your responses. Your answers should appear spontaneous. At ...
Views: 1057 - IS LOVE A FOREIGN LANGUAGE? - by What a weird question. Internet users are business people, teachers, students of all ages, housewives, ministers, all sorts of people. Are they lonely? There must be research somewhere to break people down by economic standing, social status, education, etc., but that is probably not needed to ...
Views: 787 - The Nemesis of Perfection - by Rather than living out their dreams, many people wait and wait and wait. What are they waiting for? Sometimes they are waiting for clarity on what direction to go in, other times they are waiting until they get really, really good at whatever it is they want to do, other times they are waiting ...
Views: 807 - 7 Keys of Producing A Self-Published Power Book - by What is a Power Book? It’s a self-published book that rivals any house-published book. It’s a book that looks, feels and reads like a book that has the power and potential to become a New York Times Bestseller, but it was produced for a fraction of the cost, time and effort. A self-published ...
Views: 766 - How Can A Virtual Assistant Help Your Business? - by In general, a Virtual Assistant (VA) is someone who performs administrative tasks away from the office of their clients. A VA is the modern day version of the executive assistant or personal assistant.
A VA is usually not an employee, which comes in very handy for many home business owners. If ...
Views: 658 - Best Resources For Tax Information - by Where can a business owner obtain tax information? When you don't know what questions to ask, it's very helpful to take some classes, and read a few articles prior to visiting with a CPA. Enjoy these resources:
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
The IRS has the best free classes around! Call ...
Views: 821 - The Top 10 Steps Towards Finding Your Ideal Career - by Want a career that brings a smile to your heart? Don't know exactly what that career might be? This Top Ten contains a list of ideas that can start you on your way. Make the process fun by scheduling a visit your favorite place - beach, mountain, whatever -- where you can compile your lists and ...
Views: 721 - The Top 10 Steps Towards Finding Your Ideal Career - by Have you ever heard of "Dream Boards" or "Treasure Chest Boards"? They are a visual picture of the dreams you have for your life and assist you to turn those dreams into reality! Here is my take on them:
1) Purchase a large piece of paper, such as "oak tag" or "poster board" in whatever color ...
Views: 809 - Passion Pushes You Forward - So Do What You Know and Love! - by The process of starting a business or choosing a career is very enjoyable and stressful at the same time. It's a good type of stress, but stress nonetheless. One way to keep your sanity in the midst of growth is to do what you know!
Let's say that your vision is to teach business, personal ...
Views: 691 - Career Transition Guide Into The Non-Profit Sector - by 1. Contact programs such as your local United Way www.unitedway.org , Retired & Senior Volunteer Program and the Corporation for National Service www.nationalservice.org/senior/index.html for information. Many states, North Carolina, for instance, have a non-profit clearing house with ...
Views: 897 - Self-Discovery and Success in Career Testing - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2007 from Kelli SmithSocrates once said, "The unexamined life is not worth living." Yet sometimes it seems that Americans are obsessed with self-examination and constant change. Individuals once spent an entire lifetime with a single employer, but most people today evaluate their career and lifelong goals every few ...
Views: 1222 - Learn How to Better Balance Your Life - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2007 from Kelli SmithDo you spend a lot of time doing things you wouldn't choose to do, if you had a choice? Perhaps your life feels out of control or maybe you hate your job. If you've nodded your head at all, your life is off balance. But it's your choice: you can find balance before it's too late. Chicken or ...
Views: 966 - Interview Like A Champion - by Submitted on Jun 12, 2007 from louis lautmanMaybe you have decided that you deserve more money than you are currently being paid or maybe you have decided that not having a job and not being paid anything must come to an end. You may be looking for a new position in the company you are in or you may be looking to jump companies and ...
Views: 775 - The Virtual Interview - by Submitted on Jun 12, 2007 from Kathy Sparks"Interview" to most of the world means being invited to a company or office to be interviewed for a job. There are lots of sites and tips for getting through those interviews successfully. One such site told me about the seven steps toward making a good impression at an interview: 1. ...
Views: 2294 - Increase Your Practice with Seminars and Workshops - by Submitted on Oct 03, 2009 from Patricia CraneAre you a terrific practitioner who needs more clients? A few years ago Time Magazine published an article stating that billions of dollars every year in the US were being spent for holistic health modalities. It’s great news to know that the public is accessing nontraditional methods more and ...
Views: 1076 - Find a Job Over the Internet - by Internet is an excellent job search tool. There are many career web sites in cyberspace that enable you to check for available positions at any time and apply for selected jobs simply by e-mailing your resume. This article will discuss how to find a job over the internet.
I. Identify ...
Views: 2962 - Turning Dreams Into Goals and Goals Into Reality - by I recently appeared on the cover of the Colorado Free University (CFU)catalog and many people have asked how I managed to accomplish that. Actually, it was simple ? I followed a process that turned my dream into a goal and my goal into reality.
The first step in creating what we want is to ...
Views: 1850 - How to Quit Your Job (and Make More Money): A Wealth Secret of Millionaires - by What would you say if I told you could quit your job today without losing any of your monthly income, or perhaps earn even more? You'd probably laugh in my face, right? I know it's a claim that seemingly defies all logic. However, when you learn how to use your money differently, what was ...
Views: 1003 - Are You Starving Yourself of Success? - by by Noah St. John, author of _Permission To Succeed: Unlocking The Mystery of Success Anorexia_ http://www.PermissionToSucceed.com
October 20, 1997 dawned like any other day in the New England college town where I attended school. As a 30-year-old Literature major, I was two semesters away from ...
Views: 914 - Take Control - by In today's world, having a stress-filled daily schedule is normal to most people. It seems that we have a million things to do and only a short rime in which to do them. Most people want to improve their health, relationship, financial state, and quality of life, but fail to realize that the ...
Views: 1268 - Never Too Late To Learn--BACK UP! - by It happened to me...
My computer crashed today.
First thought is, "This can't be happening to me"! In my effort to prove that reasoning correct, I reboot. First line of defense. Hmm. Still no response.
Oh no! What now? What will I do without my computer?
I call our computer techie. He ...
Views: 675 - Getting Back on the Career Track - by Submitted on May 24, 2007 from Yolanda CardenWould you like to return to the work world but are concerned about how to find an opportunity that will allow you to fulfill your family or other non-work obligations, nervous about how to “market yourself” to potential employers, or unsure about what type of work you want to do? We know how you ...
Views: 1251 - Why You Should Always Ask - by Submitted on May 22, 2007 from Iris WoodI had an e-mail from Karon of Wollongong who finally plucked up the courage to ask her employer for some outside professional development training to be attended in working hours. She said.... “Encouraged by your newsletter I thought I would check if my company was willing to pay for training ...
Views: 928 - Life be design; not by default - by Imagine that right now, right here, today… there is within your grasp not one but several opportunities to redesign specific aspects of your life so that the sum total is a life you absolutely love. Then imagine that the only thing standing between you and your opportunities is a closed mind, ...
Views: 967 - FOUR REASONS WHY WE PROCRASTINATE - by Have you ever spent time thinking about a task you need to tackle but keep putting off, then spend time telling yourself you just must get started and wondering when you will start it, and then feeling guilty because you are working on other tasks instead. Yet this one keeps hanging over your ...
Views: 1078 - Making a career in mid-sized organisations - by Mid sized companies must survive and prosper within the free market system ,not outside of it ,facing its force directly ,not protected by artificial barriers .Smaller firms must compete effectively against mammoths and gnats ,guarding and guaranteeing their own existence . Anything less is self ...
Views: 1063 - Ten Tips for Non-Traditional University Students - by If you are attending college or university after a lapse of several years, take heart! I did it, and I survived. Being older than your fellow students can offer advantages, but also pose stresses and challenges Here are some tips to help you.
(1) To get in the right spirit, check out a ...
Views: 2890 - TEN THINGS TO DO IF YOU REALLY, REALLY HATE YOUR JOB - by 1. Begin focusing on what you want instead of how much you want to escape. When you find yourself sharing the latest horror story, stop in mid-sentence and say, "What I want to have is..."
2. Create an image that describes you in your job. Are you on a riverbank with no way to get to the other ...
Views: 977 - Sticking To It vs. Sinking Into It - by Drama #1: Sticking
Scene I: X calls a coach. "I need to get moving. I'm not comfortable here."
Scene II: Two weeks later. X emails coach: "Could we postpone the call? I'm a little tired today. And I'm SO busy…"
Scene III: Three months later. X emails coach: "What's going on? I'm not getting ...
Views: 894 - When Coaching is working - by Ten ways to tell coaching is working:
© Cathy Goodwin, Ph.D. www.movinglady.com
1. You find yourself saying, "I can't wait to share this [book, story, experience] with my coach."
2. You feel more energized.
3. You feel as though you're listening to your own intuition, not following ...
Views: 806 - Read the fine print of your dream - by "In the factory we make lipstick; in the drugstore we sell hope." That's what Charles Revson, Revlon's founder, supposedly said.
Self-help guides work the same way. They promise a new life, easily and effortlessly, starting tomorrow.
Take Marsha Sinetar's best-seller, Do What You Love -- The ...
Views: 926 - Learn the Language of Financial Freedom - by Feeling trapped by lack of funds? We can learn from those who live comfortably and retire early. They speak a different language from those who are stuck in a scarcity process.
1. Banish the word "expensive" from your vocabulary. Replace with, "That's not a priority for me."
"Expensive" is ...
Views: 838 - Jobs vs. Business: Risk Revisited - by Many people start a business to "be my own boss" or "find meaning in my work." Yet increasingly I talk to clients who realize they have few choices in the workplace.
Let's say you join a company, degree in hand, at entry level. You move up the ladder for fifteen, twenty, even twenty-five ...
Views: 850 - Transform Wet Blankets Into Comfort Quilts - by You've embarked on a major transition and your enthusiasm is growing. Just when you get a small fire going, someone comes along with a heavy wet blanket.
"You'll hate it."
"I turned down that job two years ago, but it's perfect for you."
"Nobody makes a living that way."
Strategies to ...
Views: 891 - When you're really, truly stuck - by When you are really, truly stuck
Every so often I get an email like this: "Cathy, I will be calling to book an appointment. I am miserable. I hate my job. I hate where I'm living." Signed:
"Gloria".
I send what I hope is a gracious response, attaching my "get ready" worksheet and a list of ...
Views: 946 - Critcs Killing Your Dreams? Turn Wet Blankets Into Comfort Quilts - by You've embarked on a major transition and your enthusiasm is growing. Just when you get a small fire going, someone comes along with a heavy wet blanket.
"You'll hate it."
"I turned down that job two years ago, but it's perfect for you."
"Nobody makes a living that way."
Strategies to ...
Views: 863 - Am I lucky? You bet! - by Q: I get so angry when people tell me how lucky I am. Don't they realize how hard I'm working? I try to stay away from people who believe you have to be lucky to live your dream.
A: Yes, I know the feeling. When I took a year off to play, when I moved to New Mexico, when I took a special trip, ...
Views: 1006 - Career victim or career vulnerable? - by If you've been hanging out in the self-help world, you have been told to "stop being a victim" and "take charge of your life." Being a victim means that you let someone else have power over you. You tolerate repeated insults, remain in a job you hate or revive old hurts on a daily basis. ...
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